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My Journey in 2 Minutes: Who’s Cooking for the Family

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Since the beginning of Kitchen Stewardship, I’ve always been all about the journey, and how we can support each other taking baby steps in the right direction.

A journey about a journey, perhaps?

Only if fueled by corn – the sense-of-humor kind, not the kind mired in GMO debates that fuels vehicles nowadays! 😉

My journey has certainly been one of a thousand steps.

Sometimes it feels like a thousand steps in a day, sometimes it feels like a thousand steps backward, or sideways, especially when what I thought was the right direction gets called into question. It seems the recommendations about food and health are some of the most fluid “facts” that can be found.

It’s frustrating to be sure, but we can either get stuck in frustration or continue doing our best, taking baby steps in the direction we feel right about in our guts, metaphorically and in reality.

Here Comes the Bride

Today’s little piece of my journey is about who has been cooking for my family the last 12 or so years, if I’m doing the math right based on my wedding date.

At first, my husband and I had a rule that whoever cooked didn’t have to do the dishes, which meant that most nights, I was dishes free.

Looking back, if we defined cooking in honest terms, I coulda shoulda woulda been doing dishes while Betty Crocker, Kraft Foods and Rice-a-Roni took a seat on the couch and watched TV. They were really the chefs behind the process and I was just the mixing monkey.

Here Comes the Blog

Enter real food.

When I began to change the way our family ate, the dishes job expanded and the cooking job became more of a skilled position. If I wanted the food to be up to my new traditional foods standards, I had to cook it.

As we added children to our family, the dishes rule didn’t always apply. It became more a game of survival, hand-to-dish combat, Kimballs vs. Mount Dishes. If they got done at all, it was a success.

We got dragged down by the constant battle, to be sure.

The solution was delegation. Increasing the ranks.

Here’s more about that journey:

Here Come the Kids

We could only survive with all hands on deck, and we did basic training in cooking last summer – I even invited a friend for each child to have someone to work with and make it more enjoyable. (And honestly? Also to keep me accountable for actually teaching the lessons I’d planned. It was brilliant…)

About Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship

Katie Kimball is a trusted educator and author of 8 real food cookbooks. She is passionate about researching natural remedies and making healthy cooking easier for busy families. She’s been featured on media outlets like ABC, NBC and First for Women magazine as well as contributing regularly on the FOX Network. Over the last 10 years, Katie has spoken prolifically at conferences, online summits and podcasts and become a trusted authority and advocate for children’s health. Busy moms look to this certified educator for honest, in-depth natural product reviews and thorough research. She often partners with health experts and medical practitioners to deliver the most current information to the Kitchen Stewardship community. In 2016 she created the #1 bestselling online kids cooking course, Kids Cook Real Food, helping thousands of families around the world learn to cook. A mom of 4 kids from Michigan, she is a Stress Mastery Educator and member of the American Institute of Stress.

Please remember that I’m just a gal who reads a lot and spends way too much time in her kitchen. I’m not a doctor, nurse, scientist, or even a real chef, and certainly the FDA hasn't evaluated anything on this blog. Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please talk to your health professional (or at least your spouse) before doing anything you might think is questionable. Trust your own judgment…I can’t be liable for problems that occur from bad decisions you make based on content found here.

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